Fire damages house in Wesleyville

Staff report

February 4, 2013 07:13 AM

Staff report

February 4, 2013 07:13 AM

A house was heavily damaged but no one was injured in an early-morning fire in Wesleyville.

Firefighters were sent to the 2000 block of Riverside Drive at 12:48 a.m. and arrived to find fire in the two-story house. Occupants of the house escaped without injury, and firefighters rescued a cat from the dwelling, according to a Wesleyville Hose Co. official.

Firefighters from Belle Valley, Brookside, Fairfield, Fuller, Harborcreek, Kuhl Hose, Lawrence Park and Erie Engine Co. 13 were called in to assist Wesleyville firefighters at the scene. The last department went in service at about 5:30 a.m., according to East County dispatch.